Sweltered wrote:So how do you explain the nonsense of St. Paddy's day? Not an ounce of irish in their herirage, but everyone is running around in green and eating corned beef & cabbage I do understand that there is a huge Irish conringent here, but they are not ALL irish. There's the odd Pole and Russian in there too

Americans like to have fun. How do you explain people dressing up for Fiesta in San Antonio? How do you you explain people dressing up in cowboy gear for rodeos. I garr un tee they ain't cowboys.

Sweltered.. Don't step on our St. Patrick's day fun. Next you'll be telling me I have to give up the Half-Way to St. Patrick's Day parties I go to every year, and the Half-Way to New Year's Parties too!